Spasmodic
111Colic — An attack of crying and apparent abdominal pain in early infancy. This is a common condition, occurring in about 1 in every 10 babies. Colic is characterized by episodes of irritability, loud crying, and what appears to be abdominal pain with the …
112asthma — An inflammatory disease of the lungs characterized by reversible (in most cases) airway obstruction. Originally, a term used to mean “difficult breathing”; now used to denote bronchial a.. SYN: reactive airway disease. [G.] atopic a. bronchial …
113laryngitis — Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx. [laryngo + G. itis, inflammation] chronic posterior l. a form of l. involving principally the interarytenoid area; thought to be caused by …
114twitch — 1. To jerk spasmodically. 2. A momentary spasmodic contraction of a muscle fiber. [A.S. twiccian] * * * twitch twich vi to undergo a brief spasmodic muscular contraction <the muscle twitched> twitch n a brief spasmodic contraction of muscle …
115jerk — I. /dʒɜk / (say jerk) noun 1. a quick, sharp thrust, pull, throw, or the like; a sudden start. 2. Physiology a sudden movement of an organ or a part. 3. Weightlifting a lift in which the barbell is raised first to the shoulders, then jerked above …
116ἐπιπνεύσει — ἐπίπνευσις spasmodic inspiration fem nom/voc/acc dual (attic epic) ἐπιπνεύσεϊ , ἐπίπνευσις spasmodic inspiration fem dat sg (epic) ἐπίπνευσις spasmodic inspiration fem dat sg (attic ionic) ἐπιπνέω breathe upon aor subj act 3rd sg (epic) ἐπιπνέω… …
117Stammering — Stam mer*ing, n. (Physiol.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is prevented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.… …
118Stricture — Stric ture, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See {Strict}.] 1. Strictness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch …
119gripe — I. verb (griped; griping) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grīpan; akin to Old High German grīfan to grasp, Lithuanian griebti Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. archaic seize, grasp 2 …
120stutter — I. verb Etymology: frequentative of English dialect stut to stutter, from Middle English stutten; akin to Dutch stotteren to stutter, Gothic stautan to strike more at contusion Date: 1566 intransitive verb 1. to speak with involuntary disruption… …
